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VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY BURLA, ODISHA, INDIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Lecture Notes on
Power Station Engineering
Subject Code: BEE1504
5th Semester B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)

Lecture Notes

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Syllabus
MODULE-I (10 HOURS)
Introduction to different sources of energy and general discussion on their application to generation.
Hydrology: Catchments area of a reservoir and estimation of amount of water collected due to annual
rainfall, flow curve and flow duration curve of a river and estimation of amount stored in a reservoir
formed by a dam across the river, elementary idea about Earthen and Concrete dam,
Turbines: Operational principle of Kaplan, Francis and Pelton wheel, specific speed, work done and
efficiency.
Hydro plant: - head gate, penstock, surge tank, scroll case, draft tube and tail race, classification of
plants, turbines different heads, plant capacity as a base load and peak load station, power plant
auxiliaries.
MODULE-II (10 HOURS)
Thermal Power: Overall plant components in Block diagrams indicating the air circuit, coal and ash
circuit, water and steam circuit, cooling water circuit; various types of steam turbines, ash and coal
handling system, water tube boiler, fire tube boiler, super heater, economizer, air preheater, dust
collection, draft fans and chimney; condensers, feed water heaters, evaporate and makeup water, bleeding
of steam; cooling water system; Governors, plant layout and station auxiliaries.
MODULE-III (10 HOURS)
Nuclear Power: Introduction to fission & fusion, reactor construction, controlled chain reaction,
operational control of reactors, Brief study of various types of reactors (Boiling water, pressurized water,
sodium graphite, breeder) layout of nuclear power plant.
Electrical System: Different types of alternators, methods of cooling
Excitation system: - Shaft mounted D.C. Generator, elements of static and brush less excitation, field
flashing.
MODULE-IV (10 HOURS)
AVR: - magnetic amplifier and thyristor converter type/DVR. Main transformer, unit transformer and
station reserve transformer, commissioning tests of alternators and transformers.
Choice of size and number of generating units: Review of the terms maximum demand, load factor,
diversity factor, plant capacity and use factor, load & load duration curve and their effect on the
generating capacity. Reserve units (hot, cold and spinning- reserve), Effect of power-factor on the
generating capacity and economy, Different types of power tariffs, Brief idea about national grid and its
operational problems.

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Table of Contents
Syllabus ................................................................................................................................................. 3
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................ 8
List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Module-1 .............................................................................................................................................12
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................12
Sources of Energy ...........................................................................................................................12
Installed Capacity in India..............................................................................................................13
Hydro Power Potential....................................................................................................................14
Hydrology........................................................................................................................................15
Objectives of Hydrology ............................................................................................................15
Various terms related to Hydrology...........................................................................................15
Site Selection for Hydropower Plants ...........................................................................................17
Types of Dams ................................................................................................................................18
Classification of Hydropower Plants ............................................................................................20
Components of a HPP.....................................................................................................................21
Hydraulic Turbines .........................................................................................................................28
Types of Hydraulic Turbines......................................................................................................28
Specific Speed (Ns) .....................................................................................................................33
Runaway Speed ...........................................................................................................................33
Turbine Setting ............................................................................................................................33
Governing of Hydraulic Turbines ..............................................................................................34
Hydro Power Plant Auxiliaries ......................................................................................................35
Hydro Power Plant Layout .............................................................................................................36
Numerical Problems on Hydro Power Plants................................................................................37
Module-2 .............................................................................................................................................39
Laws of Thermodynamics ..............................................................................................................39
Principle of Operation of Thermal Power Plants ..........................................................................40
Thermal Power Plant Resource ......................................................................................................42

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Selection of site for thermal power plant ......................................................................................43


Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant.............................................................................................45
Major Components of a Thermal Power Plant..............................................................................47
Coal Handling Plant ........................................................................................................................48
Draught System...............................................................................................................................53
Boiler ...............................................................................................................................................55
Fire Tube Boiler ..........................................................................................................................55
Water Tube boilers......................................................................................................................56
Superheater and Reheaters .............................................................................................................57
Feed Water Heaters.........................................................................................................................59
Economizer......................................................................................................................................60
Air Preheaters ..................................................................................................................................61
Steam Turbines ...............................................................................................................................62
Condensers ......................................................................................................................................65
Deaerators........................................................................................................................................68
Cooling Towers and Spray Ponds ..................................................................................................70
Ash Handling Plant .........................................................................................................................72
Electrostatic Precipitators ...............................................................................................................77
Numerical Problems on Thermal Power Plant..............................................................................82
Module-3 .............................................................................................................................................83
Nuclear Reactions ...........................................................................................................................83
Basics ...........................................................................................................................................83
Energy from Nuclear Reactions .................................................................................................83
Nuclear Fission............................................................................................................................84
Nuclear Fusion ............................................................................................................................85
Nuclear Power Plant .......................................................................................................................86
Nuclear Power Reactors .................................................................................................................87
Magnox Reactors ........................................................................................................................87
Advanced Gas cooled Reactors ..................................................................................................88
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR).............................................................................................89
Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) .................................................................................................90

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Comparison of PWR and BWR .....................................................................................................91


Fast Breeder Reactors .....................................................................................................................92
Factors for Site Selection of NPPs .................................................................................................94
Advantages of NPPs .......................................................................................................................94
Disadvantages of NPPs...................................................................................................................94
Nuclear Power in India ...................................................................................................................95
Nuclear Power in World .................................................................................................................96
Numerical Problems on Nuclear Power Plant...............................................................................97
Types of Alternators .......................................................................................................................98
Generator Cooling Arrangements ................................................................................................101
Excitation Systems........................................................................................................................103
Function .....................................................................................................................................103
Exciter Design ...........................................................................................................................103
Types of Excitation Systems ....................................................................................................103
DC Excitation System...............................................................................................................104
AC Excitation System...............................................................................................................106
Static Excitation Systems .........................................................................................................107
Module-4 ...........................................................................................................................................109
Automatic Voltage Regulators .....................................................................................................109
Functions ...................................................................................................................................109
Direct acting voltage regulator .................................................................................................109
Magnetic Amplifier Regulator .....................................................................................................110
Solid State Electronic Regulator ..................................................................................................112
Power Plant Transformers ............................................................................................................113
Pre-commissioning Tests on Alternators ....................................................................................114
Pre-commissioning Tests on Transformers .................................................................................115
Choice of size and number of Generating Units .........................................................................116
Type of Load .................................................................................................................................116
Important Terms............................................................................................................................117
Demand Factor ..........................................................................................................................117
Group Diversity Factor .............................................................................................................117

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Peak Diversity Factor................................................................................................................117


Load Factor................................................................................................................................117
Capacity Factor .........................................................................................................................117
Utilization Factor ......................................................................................................................117
Load Curve: ...............................................................................................................................117
Load Duration Curve: ...............................................................................................................118
Energy Load Curve: ..................................................................................................................118
Mass Curve ................................................................................................................................118
Operating Reserves .......................................................................................................................121
Tariffs ............................................................................................................................................122
Objectives ..................................................................................................................................122
General Tariff Form ..................................................................................................................122
Spot Pricing ...............................................................................................................................123
Availability based Tariff...........................................................................................................123
National Grid .................................................................................................................................124
References .........................................................................................................................................125

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List of Tables
Table 1: Installed Capacity as on 30-11-2014 .................................................................................................13
Table 2: Impulse and Reaction Turbines .........................................................................................................28
Table 3: Comparison of Turbines .....................................................................................................................28
Table 4: Coal Classification ..............................................................................................................................42
Table 5: Jet and Surface Condensers................................................................................................................65
Table 6: Comparison of PWR and BWR .........................................................................................................91
Table 7: Hydro and Turbo generators ..............................................................................................................98
Table 8: AC versus brushless excitation ........................................................................................................106
Table 9: Operating Reserves ...........................................................................................................................121
Table 10: Grids in India ..................................................................................................................................124

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List of Figures
Figure 1: Earth and Rockfill Dam ....................................................................................................................18
Figure 2: Arc Dam .............................................................................................................................................18
Figure 3: Arc Gravity Dam ...............................................................................................................................19
Figure 4: Schmatic of a Hydropower Plant .....................................................................................................21
Figure 5: Forebay ..............................................................................................................................................22
Figure 6: Forebay with Penstock ......................................................................................................................23
Figure 7: Penstocks ...........................................................................................................................................23
Figure 8: Surge Tank .........................................................................................................................................24
Figure 9: Elbow Type Draft Tube ....................................................................................................................25
Figure 10: Straight conical type draft tubes .....................................................................................................25
Figure 11: Scroll Casing ...................................................................................................................................26
Figure 12: Tail race ...........................................................................................................................................26
Figure 13: A switchyard under construction ...................................................................................................27
Figure 14: Kaplan Turbine ................................................................................................................................29
Figure 15: Kaplan Turbine ................................................................................................................................29
Figure 16: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................30
Figure 17: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................30
Figure 18: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................31
Figure 19: Francis Runner ................................................................................................................................31
Figure 20: Pelton Turbine .................................................................................................................................32
Figure 21: Pelton Turbine .................................................................................................................................32
Figure 22: Governing Mechanism ....................................................................................................................34
Figure 23: Power House Layout .......................................................................................................................36
Figure 24: Carnot Heat Engine .........................................................................................................................40
Figure 25: Carnot Cycle ....................................................................................................................................40
Figure 26: Carnot Cycle ....................................................................................................................................41
Figure 27: Rankine Cycle .................................................................................................................................41
Figure 28: Rankine Cycle and Thermal Power Plants ....................................................................................45
Figure 29: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-2 .........................................................................................46
Figure 30: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-3 .........................................................................................46
Figure 31: Block diagram of coal handling plant ............................................................................................48
Figure 32: Coal Storage ....................................................................................................................................48
Figure 33: Crushing Plant .................................................................................................................................49
Figure 34: Processes in Coal Handling Plant ..................................................................................................49
Figure 35: Impact Crushers...............................................................................................................................50
Figure 36: Attrition Crusher .............................................................................................................................50
Figure 37: Compressor Crusher........................................................................................................................51
Figure 38: Shear Crusher ..................................................................................................................................51
Figure 39: Draught System ...............................................................................................................................54
Figure 40: Fire Tube Boiler ..............................................................................................................................55

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Figure 41: Water tube boiler .............................................................................................................................56


Figure 42: Functions of superheater .................................................................................................................57
Figure 43: Superheaters ....................................................................................................................................58
Figure 44: Water steam flow diagram..............................................................................................................59
Figure 45: Economizer ......................................................................................................................................60
Figure 46: Air Preheater....................................................................................................................................61
Figure 47: Steam Turbines ................................................................................................................................63
Figure 48: Steam Turbines ................................................................................................................................63
Figure 49: Steam Turbines ................................................................................................................................64
Figure 50: Surface Condenser ..........................................................................................................................65
Figure 51: Surface Condenser ..........................................................................................................................66
Figure 52: Jet Condenser...................................................................................................................................66
Figure 53: Jet condenser ...................................................................................................................................67
Figure 54: Deaerator..........................................................................................................................................68
Figure 55: Deareators ........................................................................................................................................69
Figure 56: Cooling Tower ..................................................................................................................................70
Figure 57: Cooling Tower ..................................................................................................................................71
Figure 58: Cooling Towers.................................................................................................................................71
Figure 59: Ash handling Plant flow diagram...................................................................................................73
Figure 60: Belt Conveyor System ....................................................................................................................74
Figure 61: Ash Storage ......................................................................................................................................75
Figure 62: Ash Ponds ........................................................................................................................................75
Figure 63: Ash Usage .........................................................................................................................................76
Figure 64: Electrostatic Precipitator.................................................................................................................78
Figure 65: Electrostatic Precipitator.................................................................................................................78
Figure 66: Electrostatic Precipitator.................................................................................................................79
Figure 67: ESP Principle ...................................................................................................................................79
Figure 68: ESP Principle ...................................................................................................................................80
Figure 69: ESP Principle ...................................................................................................................................80
Figure 70: ESP Principle ...................................................................................................................................81
Figure 71: Nuclear Fission ................................................................................................................................84
Figure 72: Nuclear Fusion ................................................................................................................................85
Figure 73: Schematic of a Nuclear Power Plant ..............................................................................................86
Figure 74: Magnox Reactor ..............................................................................................................................87
Figure 75: Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor.......................................................................................................88
Figure 76: Pressurized Water Reactor..............................................................................................................89
Figure 77: Boiling Water Reactor ....................................................................................................................90
Figure 78: Fast Breeder Reactors .....................................................................................................................93
Figure 79: Hydrogenerator................................................................................................................................98
Figure 80: Hydrogenerator under construction ...............................................................................................99
Figure 81: Turbogenerator ................................................................................................................................99
Figure 82: Turbogenerator ..............................................................................................................................100

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Figure 83: Turbogenerator ..............................................................................................................................100


Figure 84: Air cooling of generators ..............................................................................................................101
Figure 85: Hydrogen Cooling .........................................................................................................................102
Figure 86: Hydrogen Cooled Alternator ........................................................................................................102
Figure 87: DC Excitation ................................................................................................................................104
Figure 88: Excitation System with Amplidyne .............................................................................................105
Figure 89: AC Excitation System ...................................................................................................................106
Figure 90: Static Excitation System ...............................................................................................................108
Figure 91: Direct Acting Voltage Regulator..................................................................................................109
Figure 92: Magnetic Amplifier Regulator Principle .....................................................................................110
Figure 93: Magnetic Amplifier Regulator .....................................................................................................111
Figure 94: Solid State Electronic Regulator ..................................................................................................112
Figure 95: Typical Generation Station Auxiliaries [7] .................................................................................113
Figure 96: Load Curve ....................................................................................................................................118
Figure 97: Load Duration Curve ....................................................................................................................119
Figure 98: Domestic Load (DF=0.5)..............................................................................................................119
Figure 99: Industrial Load (DF=0.8)..............................................................................................................120
Figure 100: Commercial Load ........................................................................................................................120

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Module-1

Introduction
Loads
Concept of MW, MWh, Units, Million Units (MU)
Structure of Power System
Power Generation
Concept of Frequency
Prime movers and Generators
Salient Pole and Cylindrical type Alternators

Sources of Energy

How can we keep providing humankind with energy-derived advantages without damaging
the environment, affecting societal stability or threatening the wellbeing of future generation?

Sustainable energy can be thought of as a living harmony between the equitable availability
of energy sources to all people and the preservation of earth for future generations.

Electricity is an intermediate energy product that is made from primary energy sources.
Power is the rate of energy exchange between two systems.

The various sources of energy in the Indian context are as follows. As is obvious, the major
source of generation is coal based thermal power plant. Thermal, nuclear and hydro powers
are known as conventional energy sources which is the subject matter of this course.

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Installed Capacity in India


Table 1: Installed Capacity as on 30-11-2014

Source

Subtype

Capacity (MW)

Thermal

Coal

153571

Gas

22971

Diesel

1199

Total

177742

Nuclear

4780

Hydro

40798

RES

Wind

21136

Solar

2632

Biopower

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Hydro Power Potential


P = g**Q*H
Where
P = Power available in water
g = 9.81 m/s2
Q = flow or discharge (m3/s)
H = Height of fall of water or head (m)
P = 9.81*1000*Q*H*10-3 kW = 9.81 QH kW
P= 9.81 QH kW where = efficiency of the turbine-generator assembly

Rain falling on earths surface has potential energy relative to oceans.

This energy is converted to shaft work when the water falls through a vertical distance.

This shaft work is used to drive water turbines to generate electricity.

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Hydrology

First requirement Q (discharge)

Hydrology deals with occurrence and distribution of water over and under earths surface.
Surface Water Hydrology
Ground Water Hydrology

Watershed, catchment area or drainage area: length of the river, size and shape of the
area it affects, tributaries, lakes, reservoirs etc.

Investigation of run-off for past few years is required for power potential studies of a HPP.

Objectives of Hydrology

To obtain data regarding the stream flow of water that would be available,

To predict the yearly possible flow

To calculate the mean annual rainfall in the area under consideration from a record of the
annual rainfall for a number of years, say 25 to 30

To note the frequency of dry years

To find maximum rainfall and flood frequency

Various terms related to Hydrology

Rainfall is also known as precipitation and can be measured by rain gauges.

Some part of precipitation is lost due to evaporation, interception and transpiration.

Transpiration: Plants absorbing moisture and giving it off to the atmosphere

Stream flow = precipitation losses

Stream flow = surface flow + percolation to ground

Surface flow is also known as run-off.

Hydrograph:
shows the variation of stream flow in m3/s with time for a particular river site. The
time may be hour, week, month or a year.
The area under hydrograph gives the total volume of flow

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Flow duration curve:


shows the percentage of time during the period when the flow was equal to greater
than the given flow.
The area under FDC gives the total quantity of run-off during a period

Mass curve
indicates the total volume of run-off in cubic meters up to a certain time.
the slope of the curve at any point shows the rate of flow at that time
Used for estimating the capacity of storage reservoir

Storage:
to ensure water availability during deficient flow and thus increasing the firm
capacity
Storage also results in more energy production

Pondage:
Storing water in small ponds near the power plant as the storage reservoir is away
from plant
To meet the power demand fluctuations over a short period of time e.g. 24 hours

Primary Power: power that will be available 90 % of the time

Secondary Power: power that will be available 75 % of the time

Dump Power: power that will be available 50 % of the time.

Maximum flow estimation: gives estimation of floods and helps in design of dam and
spillway.

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Site Selection for Hydropower Plants

Availability of Water: Run-off data for many years available

Water Storage: for water availability throughout the year

Head of Water: most economic head, possibility of constructing a dam to get required head

Geological Investigations: strong foundation, earthquake frequency is less

Water Pollution: excessive corrosion and damage to metallic structures

Sedimentation: capacity reduces due to gradual deposition of silt

Social and Environmental Effects: submergence of areas, effect on biodiversity (e.g.


western ghat), cultural and historic aspects

Access to Site: for transportation of construction material and heavy machinery new railway
lines or roads may be needed

Multipurpose: power generation, irrigation, flood control, navigation, recreation; because


initial cost of power plant is high because of civil engineering construction work

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Types of Dams

Figure 1: Earth and Rockfill Dam

Figure 2: Arc Dam

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Figure 3: Arc Gravity Dam

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Classification of Hydropower Plants


According to water flow regulation:
1. Runoff river plants without pondage
2. Runoff river plants with pondage
3. Hydroelectric plants with storage reservoir

According to Load:
1. Base load plants
2. Peak load plants
3. Pumped storage plants

According to head:
1. High head plants (>100m)
2. Medium head plants (30-100 m)
3. Low head plants (<30 m)

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Components of a HPP

Figure 4: Schmatic of a Hydropower Plant

The various components of HPP are as follows:


1. Catchment area
2. Reservoir
3. Dam
4. Spillways
5. Conduits
6. Surge tanks
7. Draft tubes
8. Power house
9. Switchyard for power evacuation
Dam
Develops a reservoir to store water
Builds up head for power generation
Spillway
To safeguard the dam when water level in the reservoir rises

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Intake
Contains trash racks to filter out debris which may damage the turbine
Forebay
Enlarged body of water just above the intake

Figure 5: Forebay
Conduits
Headrace is a channel which lead the water to the turbine
Tailrace is a channel which carries water from the turbine
A canal is an open waterway excavated in natural ground following its contour.
A flume is an open channel erected on a surface above ground.
A tunnel is a closed channel excavated through an obstruction.
A pipeline is a closed conduit supported on the ground.
Penstocks are closed conduits for supplying water under pressure from head pond to the
turbines.

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Figure 6: Forebay with Penstock

Figure 7: Penstocks

Surge Tank
A surge tank is a small reservoir in which the water level rises or falls to reduce the pressure
swings so that they are not transmitted to the penstock.
Water Hammer
o Load on the turbine is suddenly reduced

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o Governor closes turbine gates


o Sudden increase of pressure in the penstock
Negative Pressure
o Load on the generator is suddenly increased
o Governor opens the turbine gates
o Tends to cause a vacuum in the penstock
When the gates are closed, water level rises in the surge tank and when the gates are
suddenly opened, surge tank provides the initial water supply.

Figure 8: Surge Tank


Draft Tubes
The function of the draft tube is to
To reduce the velocity head losses of the water
To allow the turbine to be set above the tailrace to facilitate inspection and maintenance

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Figure 9: Elbow Type Draft Tube

Figure 10: Straight conical type draft tubes


Scroll Casing:
Takes the water from penstock to turbine blades

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Figure 11: Scroll Casing

Tailrace:
A tailrace is required to discharge the water leaving the turbine into the river.
The design of the tail race should be such that water has a free exit.

Figure 12: Tail race

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Power House
1. Hydraulic turbines
2. Electric generators
3. Governors
4. Gate valves
5. Relief valves
6. Water circulation pumps
7. Air ducts
8. Switch board and instruments
9. Storage batteries
10. Cranes
Switchyard
1. Step up transformers
2. Instrument transformers
3. Transmission lines

Figure 13: A switchyard under construction

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Hydraulic Turbines
Types of Hydraulic Turbines

1. According to the head and quantity of water available


a. Low head (2-15m)
b. Medium head (16-70m)
c. High head (71-500m)
d. Very high head (>500m)
2. According to the name of the originator
a. Francis
b. Kaplan
c. Pelton
3. According to the nature of working of water on blades
Table 2: Impulse and Reaction Turbines
Impulse
Available head of water converted into kinetic
energy in a nozzle
The free jet strikes a bucket which revolves
around a shaft
Turbines are above ground
After energy production, water falls freely
through the passage into tail race

Reaction
Flow of water takes place in a closed conduit
system
Part of P.E. is converted into K.E. and part into
pressure energy
Water flows in a closed conduit system and
turbines are submerged in water
Water falls through a draft tube

4. According to the direction of flow of water


a. Radial
b. Axial
c. Tangential (Deriaz)
5. According to the axis of the turbine shaft: vertical, horizontal
Comparison of Turbines
Table 3: Comparison of Turbines
Turbine
Kaplan
Francis
Pelton

Head (m)
30 to 70
40 to 400
>400 m

Specific Speed (metric)


300 to 1000
60 to 300
10 to 50

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Figure 14: Kaplan Turbine

Figure 15: Kaplan Turbine

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Figure 16: Francis Runner

Figure 17: Francis Runner

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Figure 18: Francis Runner

Figure 19: Francis Runner

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Figure 20: Pelton Turbine

Figure 21: Pelton Turbine

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Specific Speed (Ns)

It is defined as the speed of a geometrically similar turbine to produce 1 kW of power under


1 m head. Its units are rpm in (m-kW) or rpm in (m-mhp).

Ns =

Where N = rotational speed of the turbine in rpm


P = Power output of the turbine in kW or mhp
H = Head of the turbine in meters

Specific speed is the basis of comparison of the characteristics of hydraulic turbines.

Higher the specific speed for a given head and power output, the lower the cost of installation
as a whole.

Example:
Find out the specific speed of a turbine of 10 MW capacity working under a head of 500m and
having the normal working speed of 300 RPM.
Solution:
Ns = 300x sqrt (10000) / 500^(1.25) = 12 rpm in (m-kW)

Runaway Speed

It is the maximum speed at which a turbine would run under the worst conditions of operation
i.e. with all gates open so as to allow all possible water inflow under maximum head and
corresponding to the condition of the load being suddenly thrown off from the generator.

Turbine Setting

Height of the turbine from the tailwater level is known as turbine setting.

Turbine setting must ensure a cavitation free operation.

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Air bubbles are formed on the turbine, if there is no proper turbine setting leading to air
cavity and can damage turbine blades.

Governing of Hydraulic Turbines

N = 120f/P implies speed of the generator can be maintained at a constant level only when
the speed of the turbine is constant.

Load is increased => speed tends to decrease and vice versa.

The function of the governor is to regulate the quantity of water flowing through the runner
in proportion to the load. Thus the governing mechanism maintains the speed of the runner at
a constant level at all loads.

For reaction turbines, the governor controls the guide vanes and wicket gates. For impulse
turbines, the governor controls the spear and nozzle.

Figure 22: Governing Mechanism

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Hydro Power Plant Auxiliaries


1. Governing oils systems
2. Lubricating oil pumps
3. Coolant oil pumps
4. Drainage pumps
5. Pipes, fans, ventilation
6. Air compressor
7. Cooling oil pumps for transformers
8. Head gates
9. Drain valves
10. Gantry cranes
11. Station batteries
12. Instrumentation system

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Hydro Power Plant Layout


The major aspects to be considered for deciding the power plant layout are:

Size of various units

Size required for spiral casing

Distance between various units

Width of erection bay

Position of gantry crane

Position of control room

Figure 23: Power House Layout

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Numerical Problems on Hydro Power Plants


1. A hydro plant operates under an effective head of 100 m and a discharge of 200 m3/s. If the
efficiency of the turbine alternator set is 0.9, find the power developed.
(Ans. 176.52 MW)
2. A hydro-electric station has an average available head of 100 meters and reservoir capacity
of 50 million cubic meters. Calculate the total energy in kWh that can be generated,
assuming hydraulic efficiency of 85 % and electrical efficiency of 90%.
(Ans. 10.423 x 106 kWh)
3. One million cubic meters of water is stored in a reservoir feeding a water turbine. The
density of water is 993 kg/m3. If the centre of mass of water is 50m above the turbine and the
losses are negligible, what will be the energy in MWh produced by that volume of water?
(ESE-2011)
(Ans. 135.3/130/120/140)
4. The utilizable water from a catchment is 60x106 cu m annually and the hydro station has a
head of 40 m. Assuming ideal generator and turbine, find power that can be theoretically
generated?
(Ans. 250/300/500/750 kW)
5. A hydroelectric station is designed to operate at a mean head of 205 m and fed by a reservoir
having a catchment area of 1000 km2 with an annual rainfall of 125 m of which 80% is
available for power generation. The expected load factor is 75%. Allowing a head loss of 5 m
and assuming efficiency of turbine and generator to be 0.9 and 0.95 calculate suitable MW
rating of the power station. Comment on the type of turbine to be used. (BRG P-156)
(Ans. 70.9 MW, Pelton turbine)
6. Draw the hydrograph and flow duration curve for the following data. Also find average
power developed if the head is 100 m and efficiency is 90%.
Week

Discharge

Week

Discharge

100

800

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200

600

300

1000

1200

10

600

600

11

400

900

12

200

7. For the data of weekly flow in Q-6, find the following.


a. Draw the mass curve
b. Calculate the size of the reservoir to permit average discharge.
c. Calculate the possible rate at which flow will be available after the reservoir has been
built.

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Module-2

Laws of Thermodynamics
Zeroth Law:

Temperature measurement

thermal equilibrium

First Law:

Wcycle = J (Qcycle) for a cyclic process

Equivalence of heat and work

Principle of conservation of energy

Second Law:

Gives condition of heat and work transfer

Work is high grade energy and heat is low grade energy.

All heat cannot be converted to work.

Second law can be implemented by heat engine.

Third Law:
A system cannot be reduced to absolute zero (-273 0C by a finite number of operations)

Heat Engine Cycle


It is a thermodynamic cycle in which there is net heat transfer to the system and a net work
transfer from the system.

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Principle of Operation of Thermal Power Plants

Thermal power plant operate on the principle of Rankine thermodynamic cycle.

Figure 24: Carnot Heat Engine

Figure 25: Carnot Cycle

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Figure 26: Carnot Cycle

Figure 27: Rankine Cycle

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Thermal Power Plant Resource

India has large deposit of coal (about 170 billion tonnes), 5th largest in world.

Indian coals are classified as A-G grade coals.

Power generation from coal can be estimated by means of its calorific value kCal/kg or
kJ/kg.

The calorific values of major types of coals are given below.

Table 4: Coal Classification


Coal Type

kJ/kg

kWh/kg

kCal/kg

Peat

8000

28800000

1912

Lignite

20000

72000000

4780

Bituminous

27000

97200000

6453

Anthracite

30000

108000000

7170

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Selection of site for thermal power plant


Transportation network: Easy and enough access to transportation network is required in
both power plant construction and operation periods.
Gas pipe network: Vicinity to the gas pipes reduces the required expenses.
Power transmission network: To transfer the generated electricity to the consumers, the
plant should be connected to electrical transmission system. Therefore the nearness to the
electric network can play a roll.
Geology and soil type: The power plant should be built in an area with soil and rock layers
that could stand the weight and vibrations of the power plant.
Earthquake and geological faults: Even weak and small earthquakes can damage many
parts of a power plant intensively. Therefore the site should be away enough from the faults
and previous earthquake areas.
Topography: It is proved that high elevation has a negative effect on production efficiency
of gas turbines. In addition, changing of a sloping area into a flat site for the construction of
the power plant needs extra budget. Therefore, the parameters of elevation and slope should
be considered.
Rivers and floodways: obviously, the power plant should have a reasonable distance from
permanent and seasonal rivers and floodways.
Water resources: For the construction and operating of power plant different volumes of
water are required. This could be supplied from either rivers or underground water resources.
Therefore having enough water supplies in defined vicinity can be a factor in the selection of
the site.
Environmental resources: Operation of a power plant has important impacts on
environment. Therefore, priority will be given to the locations that are far enough from
national parks, wildlife, protected areas, etc.
Population centers: For the same reasons as above, the site should have an enough distance
from population centers.
Need for power: In general, the site should be near the areas that there is more need for
generation capacity, to decrease the amount of power loss and transmission expenses.

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Climate: Parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed affect the
productivity of a power plant and always should be taken into account.
Land cover: Some land cover types such as forests, orchard, agricultural land, pasture are
sensitive to the pollutions caused by a power plant. The effect of the power plant on such
land cover types surrounding it should be counted for.
Area size: Before any other consideration, the minimum area size required for the
construction of power plant should be defined.
Distance from airports: Usually, a power plant has high towers and chimneys and large
volumes of gas. Consequently for security reasons, they should be away from airports.
Archeological and historical sites: Usually historical building are fragile and at same
time very valuable. Therefore the vibration caused by power plant can damage them, and a
defined distance should be considered.

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Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant

Figure 28: Rankine Cycle and Thermal Power Plants

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Figure 29: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-2

Figure 30: Schematic of a Thermal Power Plant-3

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Major Components of a Thermal Power Plant


Coal Handling Plant
Pulverizing Plant
Draft or Draught fan
Boiler
Ash Handling Plant
Turbine and Generator
Condenser
Cooling Tower And Ponds
Feed Water Heater
Economiser
Super heater and Reheater
Air pre heater
Alternator with Exciter
Protection and control equipment
Instrumentation

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Coal Handling Plant

Figure 31: Block diagram of coal handling plant

Figure 32: Coal Storage

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Figure 33: Crushing Plant

Figure 34: Processes in Coal Handling Plant

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Figure 35: Impact Crushers

Figure 36: Attrition Crusher

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Figure 37: Compressor Crusher

Figure 38: Shear Crusher

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Screening Process: There are three basic type of screening process


Scalping
Fine removals
Grading
Crushing Process: There are four basic process to reduce the size
Impact
attrition
Shear
compression

Stacking Process:
This process involves in dead storage in the form of piles laid directly in the ground. In case
of road transport and aerial transport coal are unloaded in stack yard and the coal is stacked
properly using dozers.
When coal supply by railway is excess it would be stacked through a separate conveyor. For
these purpose stacker or telescopic chutes are used.

Reclaiming Process:
The stored coal is required to bunkered in case of emergency or improper coal supply. The
reclaiming process involves the lifting of coal from stack yard by means of dozer or
reclaimer like bucket wheel.
The dozer feed this coal in hopper. This process is simple process. This process is simple.
The main object of this process to bunker crush coal or non-crush coal as per requirement of
bunker to support the other process feeding.

Bunkering Process:
This process involves feeding of bins and maintaining the level of these bins. From the
conveyor belt the coal is discharged into bunker or bins with the help of trippers.

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Draught System
The combustion in the boiler requires supply of sufficient quality of air and removal of
exhaust gases
The Circulation of air is caused by difference of pressure is known as draught. Thus draught
is the differential in pressure between the two points.
A draught tube may be
1. Natural Draught
2. Mechanical Draught
Natural Draught
A natural Draught is provided by the chimney or stack.
Natural draught has its limitation . Modern plants has high rate of heat transfer and Draught
losses are very high. in view of this Natural draught is used only for small boilers.

Mechanical Draught
Modern large size plants use very large size of boilers of capacity above 1000,000 kg per
hour. such boiler needs tremendous volume of air (around 200000 m3) Per minute. A
chimney providethis.Therefore mechanical draught is used.
In a mechanical draught the system the movement air is due to the action of fan. A
mechanical Draught consist of forced Draught or induced draught or both.
In forced draught system the fan is installed near the boiler .the fan force the air through the
furnace , economizer, air preheater and chimney. The pressure of air, throughout the system,
is above atmospheric and air is forced to flow through the system
In an induced draught system the , the fan is installed near the base of the chimney .The burnt
gases are sucked out from the boiler , thus reducing the pressure inside the boiler. to less than
atmosphere. this induces fresh air to enter the furnace.
A mechanical Draught need additional capital investment and maintenance .But it required
for proper operation of modern power plant. In super thermal power plant , each boiler may
used two forced fans and two induced fan.

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Figure 39: Draught System

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Boiler
A boiler (or steam generator) is a closed vessel in which water, under pressure , is converted
into steam. The heat is transferred to the boiler by all three modes of heat transfer i.e.
conduction ,convection and radiation.
Major types of boilers are: (i) fire tube boiler and (ii) water tube boiler

Fire Tube Boiler

The boiler is named so because the production of combustion pass through the tubes which
are surrounded by water.
Depending on whether the tube is vertical or horizontal the fire tube boiler is divided into
two types
Vertical tube boiler
Horizontal tube boiler
A fire tube boiler is simple ,compact and rugged in construction. Its initial cost is low.

Figure 40: Fire Tube Boiler

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Water Tube boilers

In this boiler, the water flows inside the tubes and hot gases flow outside the tube .
Water tube boiler are classified as
Vertical tube boiler
Horizontal tube boiler
Inclined tube boiler
The circulation of water in the boiler is may be natural or forced.

Figure 41: Water tube boiler

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Superheater and Reheaters


Super heated steam is that steam which contains more heat than the saturated steam at the
same pressure. The additional heat provide more energy to the turbine hence power out put is
more.
Superheated steam causes lesser erosion of the turbine blades and can be transmitted for
longer distance with little heat loss
The function of the super heater is to remove the last trash of moisture from the saturated
steam.
A superheater may be convention type, radiant type or combination

Figure 42: Functions of superheater

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Figure 43: Superheaters

Reheater
In addition to super heater modern boiler has reheater also. The function of the reaheater is to
superheat the partly expanded steam from the turbine, this ensure that The steam remain dry
through the last stage of the turbine.
A reheater may be convention type, radiant type or combination.

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Feed Water Heaters


Feed Water heating improve overall efficiency.
The dissolved oxygen which would otherwise cause boiler corrosion are removed in the feed
water heater.
Thermal stresses due to cold water entering the boiler drum are avoided.
Quantity of steam produced by the boiler is increased.
Some other impurities carried by steam and condensate, due to corrosion in boiler and
condenser, are precipitated outside the boiler.

Figure 44: Water steam flow diagram

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Economizer
Boilers are provided with economizer and air pre-heaters to recover heat from the flue gases.
An increase of about 20% in boiler efficiency is achieved by providing both economizer and
air pre-heaters.
Economizer alone gives only 8% efficiency increase. The feed water from the high pressure
heaters enters the economizer and picks up heat from the flue gases after the low temperature
superheater.
Economizer can be classified as an inline or staggered arrangement based on the type of tube
arrangement.

Figure 45: Economizer

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Air Preheaters
After the flue gases leave economizer, some further heat can be extracted from them and is
used to heat the incoming air for combustion.
Air preheaters may be of following types:
Plate type
Tubular type
Regenerative type
Cooling of flue gases by 200increase the efficiency of the plant by 1%.

Figure 46: Air Preheater

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Steam Turbines

Steam entering from a small opening attains a very high velocity. The velocity attained
during expansion depends on the initial and final content of the steam.

The difference in initial and final heat content represent the heat energy to be converted to
kinetic energy.

There are two types of steam turbines:


Impulse

Reaction

Expansion happens in a nozzle

Expansion happens in turbine blades

High speed

Low speed

Sufficient number of impulse stages are


provided.

Compounding of steam turbines:

Single stage turbines are of low efficiency.

In compounding, a number of rotors are connected or keyed to the same shaft

Two types of compounding are used: velocity compounding and pressure compounding

Governing of steam turbines:


Governing signifies the process of controlling the volume of steam to meet the load fluctuation.

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Figure 47: Steam Turbines

Figure 48: Steam Turbines

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Figure 49: Steam Turbines

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Condensers

The function of the condenser is to condense the steam exiting the turbine.

The condenser helps maintain low pressure at the exhaust.

Two types of condensers are used.

Table 5: Jet and Surface Condensers


Jet condenser (contact type)

Surface condenser (non-contact type)

Exhaust steam mixes with cooling water.

Steam and water do not mix.

Temperature of the condensate and cooling

Condensate temperature higher than the

water is same while leaving the condenser.

cooling water temperature at outlet.

Condensate cannot be recovered.

Condensate recovered is fed back to the boiler.

Heat exchanged by direct conduction

Heat transfer through convection.

Low initial cost

High initial cost.

High power required for pumping water.

Condensate is not wasted so pumping power is


less.

Figure 50: Surface Condenser

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Figure 51: Surface Condenser

Figure 52: Jet Condenser

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Figure 53: Jet condenser

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Deaerators
A deaerator is a device that is widely used for the removal of oxygen and other dissolved
gases from the feedwater to steam-generating boilers.
In particular, dissolved oxygen in boiler feedwaters will cause serious corrosion damage in
steam systems by attaching to the walls of metal piping and other metallic equipment and
forming oxides (rust).
There are two basic types of deaerators,
1. the tray-type an
2. the spray-type
The tray-type (also called the cascade-type) includes a vertical domed deaeration section
mounted on top of a horizontal cylindrical vessel which serves as the deaerated boiler
feedwater storage tank.
The spray-type consists only of a horizontal (or vertical) cylindrical vessel which serves as
both the deaeration section and the boiler feedwater storage tank.

Figure 54: Deaerator


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Figure 55: Deareators

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Cooling Towers and Spray Ponds

Condensers need huge quantity of water to condense the steam.

Water is led into the plants by means of circulating water pumps and after passing through
the condenser is discharged back into the river.

If such a source is not available closed cooling water circuit is used where the warm water
coming out of the condenser is cooled and reused.

In such cases ponds and cooling towers are used where the water loses heat to the
atmosphere.

Figure 56: Cooling Tower

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Figure 57: Cooling Tower

Figure 58: Cooling Towers

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Ash Handling Plant


In Thermal Power Plants coal is generally used as fuel and hence the ash is produced as the
byproduct of Combustion. Ash generated in power plant is about 30-40% of total coal
consumption and hence the system is required to handle Ash for its proper utilization or disposal.
The steam power plant produces 5000 of tons ash daily

( 2000MW)

The ash may be---- Fly Ash ( Around 80% is the value of fly ash generated)
Bottom ash (Bottom ash is 20% of the ash generated in coal based power
stations.
Fly Ash
Ash generated in the ESP which got carried out with the flue gas is
generally called Fly ash. It also consists of Air pre heater ash &
Economizer ash (it is about 2 % of the total ash content).
Bottom ash
Ash generated below furnace of the steam generator is called the bottom
ash.
The operation of ash handling plants is.
Removal of ash from the furnace ash hoppers
Transfer of the ash to a fill or storage
and disposal of stored ash

The ash may be disposed in the following way.


Waste land site may be reserved for the disposal of ash.
Building contractor may utilize it to fill the low lying area.
Deep ponds may be made and ash can be dumped into these ponds to fill
them completely
When sea born coal is used, barrage may take the ash to sea for disposal
into water grave.

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Figure 59: Ash handling Plant flow diagram

The modern ash handling system usually used in large steam power plants are .
Belt conveyor system
Pneumatic system
Hydraulic system
Steam jet system

Belt conveyor system


In this system the ash is made to flow through a water seal over the belt conveyor in order to
cool it down and then carried out to a dumping site over the belt.
It can deliver 3 tonnes of ash per hour with a speed of 0.3m/minute.
The life of belt is 5 years. it is used in small power plant

Pneumatic system
In this system air is employed as a medium to driving the ash through a pipe over along
distance.
This system can handle 5-30 tonnes of ash per hour

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This is used for disposal of fly ash

Hydraulic system
In this system a stream of water carries ash along with it in a closed channel and disposed it
off to the proper site.
It is of two types high pressure system and low pressure system.

Steam jet system


This system employs jets of high pressure blowing in the direction of ash travel through a
conveying pipe in which ash from the boiler ash hopper is fed.
It is employed in small and medium size plant
Steam consumption is 110 kg per tonne of material conveyed.

Figure 60: Belt Conveyor System

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Figure 61: Ash Storage

Figure 62: Ash Ponds

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Figure 63: Ash Usage

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Electrostatic Precipitators
An electrostatic precipitator (ESP), or electrostatic air cleaner is a particulate collection
device that removes particles from a flowing gas (such as air) using the force of an induced
electrostatic charge.
the basic idea of an ESP:
Charging
collecting.
removing
Every particle either has or can be given a chargepositive or negative.
we impart a negative charge to all the particles in a gas stream in ESP.
Then a grounded plate having a positive charge is set up.
The negatively charged particle would migrate to the grounded collection plate and be
captured.
The particles would quickly collect on the plate, creating a dust layer. The dust layer would
accumulate until we removed it.
The structural design and operation of the discharge electrodes (rigid-frame, wires or plate)
and collection electrodes.
tubular type ESP
plate type ESP
The method of charging
single-stage ESP
two-stage ESP
The temperature of operation
cold-side ESP
hot-side ESP
The method of particle removal from collection surfaces
wet ESP
Dry ESP

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Figure 64: Electrostatic Precipitator

Figure 65: Electrostatic Precipitator

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Figure 66: Electrostatic Precipitator

Figure 67: ESP Principle

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Figure 68: ESP Principle

Figure 69: ESP Principle

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Figure 70: ESP Principle

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Numerical Problems on Thermal Power Plant


1. A steam power station of 100 MW capacity uses coal of calorific value 6400 kCal/kg. The
thermal efficiency of the station is 30% and electrical generation efficiency is 92%. Find the
coal requirement per hour when the plant is working on full load.
2. Assuming efficiency of 33%, how much coal is needed to be burnt to supply energy for a
average household in a year. Given connected load: 1 kW, load Factor: 60%.

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Module-3

Nuclear Reactions

Basics

Atoms consist of nucleus and electrons.

The nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons.

Protons are positively charged whereas neutrons are electrically neutral.

Atoms with nuclei having same number of protons but difference in their masses are called
isotopes. They are identical in terms of their chemical properties but differ with respect to
nuclear properties.

Natural Uranium consists of 92U238 (99.282%), 92U235 (0.712%) and 92U234

92U

235

is used as fuel in nuclear power plants.

Energy from Nuclear Reactions

The sum of masses of protons and neutrons exceeds the mass of the atomic nucleus and this
difference is called mass defect m.

In a nuclear reaction the mass defect is converted into energy known as binding energy
according to Einsteins equation (E=m c2).

Fissioning one amu of mass results in release of 931 MeV of energy.

It has been found that element having higher and lower mass numbers are unstable. Thus the
lower mass numbers can be fused or the higher mass numbers can be fissioned to produce
more stable elements.

This results in two types of nuclear reactions known as fusion and fission.

The total energy per fission reaction of U235 is about 200 MeV.

Fuel burn-up rate is the amount of energy in MW/days produced by each metric ton of fuel.

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Nuclear Fission

Nuclear fission is the reaction by which a heavy nucleus (that is one with a high value of Z) is hit
with a small particle, as a result of which it splits into two (occasionally more) smaller nuclei.

Figure 71: Nuclear Fission

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Nuclear Fusion

Fusion is the opposite of fission, it is the joining together of two light nuclei to form a heavier
one (plus a small fragment). For example if two 2H nuclei (two deuterons) can be made to come
together they can form He and a neutron.

Figure 72: Nuclear Fusion

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Nuclear Power Plant


A nuclear power plant is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more
nuclear reactors. As in a conventional thermal power station the heat is used to generate
steam which drives a steam turbine connected to a generator which produces electricity.
Nuclear power plants are usually considered to be base load stations, which are best suited to
constant power output.

Figure 73: Schematic of a Nuclear Power Plant

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Nuclear Power Reactors

Magnox Reactors

Of the six main commercial reactor types, two (Magnox and AGR) owe much to the very
earliest reactor designs in that they are graphite moderated and gas cooled. Magnox reactors
were built in the UK from 1956 to 1971 but have now been superseded.
The Magnox reactor is named after the magnesium alloy used to encase the fuel, which is
natural uranium metal. Fuel elements consisting of fuel rods encased in Magnox cans are
loaded into vertical channels in a core constructed of graphite blocks.

Figure 74: Magnox Reactor

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Advanced Gas cooled Reactors

In order to improve the cost effectiveness of this type of reactor, it was necessary to go to
higher temperatures to achieve higher thermal efficiencies and higher power densities to
reduce capital costs.
This entailed increases in cooling gas pressure and changing from Magnox to stainless steel
cladding and from uranium metal to uranium dioxide fuel. This in turn led to the need for an
increase in the proportion of U235 in the fuel. The resulting design, known as the Advanced
Gas-Cooled Reactor, or AGR

Figure 75: Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor

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Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

The most widely used reactor type in the world is the

Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)

which uses enriched (about 3.2% U235) uranium dioxide as a fuel in zirconium alloy cans.
The fuel, which is arranged in arrays of fuel "pins" and interspersed

with

the

movable

control rods, is held in a steel vessel through which water at high pressure (to suppress
boiling) is pumped to act as both a coolant and a moderator.
The high-pressure water is then passed through a steam generator, which raises steam in the
usual way.

Figure 76: Pressurized Water Reactor

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Boiling Water Reactors (BWR)

The second type of water cooled and moderated reactor does


generator and, by allowing the water
directly for

away

with

the

steam

within the reactor circuit to boil, it raises steam

electrical power generation. Such reactors, known as Boiling

Water

Reactors (BWRs), throughout the world.


This, however, leads to some radioactive contamination of the steam circuit and turbine,
which then requires shielding of these components in addition to that surrounding the
reactor.

Figure 77: Boiling Water Reactor

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Comparison of PWR and BWR


Table 6: Comparison of PWR and BWR
PWR

BWR

Advantages

Advantages

Relatively compact in size

Possibility of breeding plutonium by

results in reduction in cost and gain in

providing a blanket of U-238

thermal efficiency (to about 30%)

High power density

Containment of fission products due

considerably lower resulting in lighter

to heat exchanger

and less costly design

Inexpensive light water can be used

Elimination of heat exchanger circuit

Pressure inside in the reactor vessel is

BWR cycle is more efficient than PWR

as moderator, coolant and reflector

as the outlet temperature of steam is

Positive power demand coefficient

much higher

i.e. the reactor responds to load

Metal surface temperature is lower since


boiling of water is inside the reactor

increase

BWR is more stable than PWR and hence


is commonly known as a self-controlled
reactor

Disadvantages

Moderator remains under high

Disadvantages

pressure and hence a strong pressure


vessel is required

Possibility of radio-active contamination


in the turbine mechanism

Wastage of steam may result in lowering

Expensive cladding material is

of thermal efficiency on part load

required to prevent corrosion

operation

Heat loss occurs due to heat

exchanger

Elaborate safety devices are required

Lacks flexibility i.e. the reactor needs


to be shut down for recharging and
there is difficulty in fuel element

Power density of BWR is nearly half that


of PWR resulting in large size vessel

Possibility of burn-out of fuel is more as


water boiling is on the surface of fuel.

BWR cannot meet a sudden increase in


load

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design and fabrication

Thermal efficient is very low; around


20%

Fast Breeder Reactors


All of today's commercially successful reactor systems are
slow or thermal neutrons to maintain

"thermal"

reactors,
235

the fission chain reaction in the U

the enrichment levels used in the fuel for such reactors, however,
numbers of atoms present are U238, which

by

using

fuel. Even with

far

the

largest

are not fissile.

Consequently, when these atoms absorb an extra neutron, their nuclei do not split but are
converted into another element, Plutonium.
Plutonium is fissile and some of it is consumed in situ, while
fuel together with unused U235.

some remains in the spent

These fissile components can be separated from the fission

product wastes and recycled to reduce the consumption of uranium in thermal reactors by up
to 40%, although clearly thermal reactors still require a substantial net feed of natural
uranium.
It is possible, however, to design a reactor which overall produces more fissile material in the
form of Plutonium than it consumes. This is the fast reactor in which the neutrons are
unmoderated, hence the term "fast".
The physics of this type of reactor dictates a core with a high
typically around 20%, and made of

fissile

concentration,

Plutonium. In order to make it breed, the active core

is surrounded by material (largely U238) left over from the

thermal reactor enrichment

process. This material is referred to as fertile, because it converts to fissile material when
irradiated during operation of the reactor.
The successful development of fast reactors has considerable

appeal in principle. This is

because they have the potential to increase the energy available from a given quantity of
uranium by a factor of fifty or more, and can utilise the existing stocks of depleted uranium,
which would otherwise have no value.

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Figure 78: Fast Breeder Reactors

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Factors for Site Selection of NPPs


1. Availability of Water: working fluid
2. Distance from Populated Area: danger of radioactivity
3. Nearness to the load centre: reduction in transmission cost
4. Disposal of Waste: radioactive waste
5. Accessibility by Rail and Road: transport of heavy equipment

Advantages of NPPs
1. Reduces demand for fossil fuels
2. Quantity of nuclear fuel is much less: thus reducing transport and resulting costs
3. Area of land required is less: compared to a conventional plant of similar capacity
4. Production of fissile material
5. Location independent of geographical factors: except water requirement

Disadvantages of NPPs
1. Not available for variable loads (load factor-0.8): as the reactors cannot be controlled to
respond quickly
2. Economical reason should be substantial
3. Risk of leakage of radioactive material
4. Further investigation on life cycle assessment and reliability needs to be done
5. Perception problems

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Nuclear Power in India


Plant

Units

Capacity

Established

Tarapur,

BWR

160x2,

1969, 2005,

540x2

2006

110x1,

1973, 1981,

200x1,

2000, 2010

Maharashtra

Rawatbhata,

PHWR

Rajasthan

220x4
Kalpakkam,

PHWR

220x2

1984, 1986

Narora, UP

PHWR

220x2

1991, 1992

Kakrapar,

PHWR

220x2

1993, 1995

PHWR

220x4

2000, 2007,

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

Kaiga,
Karnataka

2011

Kundankulam,

VVER-

Tamil Nadu

1000

1000x1

2013

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Nuclear Power in World


Sl No

Country

Capacity
(MW)

% Share in
Electricity production

United States

102136

19 %

France

63130

75 %

Japan

44215

18 %

Russia

23643

18 %

South Korea

20739

30 %

Canada

14135

15 %

Ukraine

13107

46 %

China

12086

2%

Germany

12068

16 %

10

UK

9938

18 %

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Numerical Problems on Nuclear Power Plant


1. Calculate the amount of coal containing the same energy as in 1 kg of Natural Uranium under
the following assumptions. Also calculate the number of fissions per second to produce 1
watt power.
Energy release from one fission of U235 = 200 MeV
Atoms in one gram pure U235 = 25.64 x 1020
Calorific value of coal = 6000 kcal/kg
U235 content in Natural Uranium = 0.7 %
Fission efficiency = 50 %
One Joule = 0.239 cal
2. Find the power produced by fissioning 5 grams of U235 per day. Number of atoms in one
gram of U235 =2.563 x 1021
3. Find the U235 fuel used in one year in a 235 MW pressurized water reactor. Assume overall
plant efficiency of 33 % and 100% load factor throughout the year. Number of fissions
required for 1 watt-sec= 3.1x1010. Number of atoms in one gram of U235 = 2.563 x 1021

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Types of Alternators
Table 7: Hydro and Turbo generators
Hydrogenerator
Low speed (50-500 RPM)
Arrangement: Impulse: Horizontal; Reaction:
Vertical
Salient pole construction
Damper windings provided
Direct axis and quadrature axis reactances
Air cooled

Turbogenerator
High speed (1500/3000 RPM)
Always horizontal
Cylindrical construction
No damper windings needed
Synchronous reactances
Hydrogen cooled

Figure 79: Hydrogenerator

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Figure 80: Hydrogenerator under construction

Figure 81: Turbogenerator

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Figure 82: Turbogenerator

Figure 83: Turbogenerator

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Generator Cooling Arrangements


Cooling is basically of two types:
1) Open circuit cooling
2) Closed circuit cooling
Open circuit cooling

Air is drawn into the generator by means of fans and is circulated inside.

The air is later released into the atomosphere

Suitable for small generators

Closed circuit cooling

Hydrogen is used as cooling medium

Circulated by pumps and then drawn back into a chamber

Used for large sized generators

Figure 84: Air cooling of generators

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Figure 85: Hydrogen Cooling

Figure 86: Hydrogen Cooled Alternator

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Excitation Systems

Function

The alternators are provided with shaft or gear mounted exciters for providing dc excitation
to their field windings.

For a large alternator the main exciter is a separately excited dc machine supplied by a pilot
exciter.

Exciter Design

Excitation power required for large turbo-generators is of the order of 0.4-0.5% of the
generator rating .

Usually main exciter separately excited from a pilot exciter.

The advantage of using pilot exciter is to improve voltage response to changes of the field
current.

Minimum Requirements for the Main Exciter

Rated current must not be less than 110% of rotor current for rated generator output.

Rated voltage must not be less than 110% of the slip ring voltage for rated generator output.
The exciter voltage is generally 230V.

in some cases nominal voltage of 440V is used.

ceiling voltage must not be less than 120 percent of rated slip ring voltage .

Nominal response must not be less than .5

Types of Excitation Systems

1) DC Excitation using DC Generators


2) AC Excitation using AC Generators along with Rectifiers
3) Static Excitation (from alternator terminals)

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DC Excitation System

Figure 87: DC Excitation

The pilot exciter is a d.c shunt machine. The main exciter is a d.c shunt machine with a
number of control field windings .

The main and pilot exciters are coupled to the main generator shaft.

A d.cmotor drives an amplidyne or rotating amplifier which is cross field machine. It has a
number of control windings.

The voltage transformers secondaries supply AVR and magnetic amplifier circuits.

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Figure 88: Excitation System with Amplidyne

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AC Excitation System

Figure 89: AC Excitation System

Table 8: AC versus brushless excitation


AC Excitation System

Brushless Excitation System

The rectifier is on the floor.

Rectifier is rotating

Cooling and maintenance problem of slip rings

No need of brushes and slip rings, however it

and brushes

is impossible to meter and read main generator


filed quantities as it is rotating

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Static Excitation Systems

The supply of power to the rectifier is from the main generator through the station auxiliary
bus, using step down transformer.
The rectifier output is fed directly to the field of the main generator by means of slip rings.
There can be two arrangements:
o Power to the excitation using voltage only
o Using voltage as well as current from main generator

Field flashing: from battery bank, initial supply is given for starting up the alternator.

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Figure 90: Static Excitation System

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Module-4
Automatic Voltage Regulators
Functions

To control system voltage within limits


To regulate the sharing of reactive load between machines operating is parallel.
To maintain voltage under system fault conditions to ensure rapid operation of protection
systems.
To keep the machine under synchronism.

Direct acting voltage regulator

Adjustment of variable resistance


Voltage transformer to the operating coil thus the torque to operate the drum
Movement of pivot (P,P) causes sectors (S) to move
Clockwise movement increases the resistance

Figure 91: Direct Acting Voltage Regulator

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Magnetic Amplifier Regulator


Principle
Controls the flow of current by means of saturation of magnetic core.
There are two windings:
o Control/DC winding: controls the mmf o/p and
o AC winding through which power is delivered to load
The operation is based on reduction of impedance of the core as DC magnetization is
increased.
When the DC is so high that full saturation of the core occurs, the impedance becomes
minimum and load current is maximum.

Figure 92: Magnetic Amplifier Regulator Principle

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Construction
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

Self excited main exciter


Motor operated field rheostat
Boost and buck control fields
Static components
Compensation

Operation

Deviation of the alternator terminal voltage


Difference between reference and compensated output
Amplified by input magnetic amplifier and power amplifier
High frequency AC supply ensures that delay in regulating system is negligible compared to
delay in exciter and alternator.

Figure 93: Magnetic Amplifier Regulator

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Solid State Electronic Regulator


1) The sensing circuit responds to average 3 phase voltage output connected from PT to sensing
element.
2) To regulate output, we need to sense voltage; for this we use potential transformer (step
down transformer), from CT through compensate to limit sensing for current measurement.
3) Compensator works as amplifier. It stabilizes CT/PT outputs because output is always
fluctuating.
4) Three phase voltage from PT is rectified, filtered and compared with a constant reference.
5) The output of the amplifier is the voltage error signal.
6) Single phase CT is used for reactive current compensations.
7) Minimum excitation limiter prevents the regulator from decreasing regulation below the set
characteristics value.
8) The signal mixer amplifier output controls the firing circuit of thyristor which supplies
excitation to the machine.
9) The power and control elements can be taken out for repair.
10) From voltage reference to voltage adjuster.

Figure 94: Solid State Electronic Regulator

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Power Plant Transformers

Figure 95: Typical Generation Station Auxiliaries [7]

1) Unit: The generator or source of electrical power


2) Unit Transformer (UT): transforms all or a portion of unit power from unit voltage to
power system voltage
3) Unit Auxiliary Transformer (UAT): transformer intended primarily to supply all or a
portion of unit auxiliaries.
4) Station Service Transformer (SST): transformer that supplies power from a station HV bus
to the station auxiliaries and unit auxiliaries during unit startup.
5) Back feed: operation of unit transformer with generator disconnected to supply start up
auxiliaries power or testing power where low magnitude current in the opposite direction
from normal operation of transformer.

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Pre-commissioning Tests on Alternators


1) Inspection: visual inspection to correct air gap, that bearings are free, that lubricating system
is free or dirt
2) Drying out: to release trapped moisture, measure insulation resistance
3) Short circuit curve: to compare rated current in each phase
4) Stator high voltage tests:
5) Phase sequence tests: between bus bar and alternator
6) Testing protection system of alternators:
a. Primary injection test
b. Trip test
c. Fault test
d. Field fault

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Pre-commissioning Tests on Transformers


1) Insulation Test
2) Drying out
3) Estimation of most suitable tap
4) Cooling equipment (pumps, fans etc)
5) Measurement of voltage ratio and checking of voltage phasor relationship
6) Measurement of no load current and no load loss
7) Testing of protection systems:
a. Differential
b. Restricted earth fault
c. Overload
d. Buchholz
e. Temperature

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Choice of size and number of Generating Units


1. Economy: large size units have
a. low capital cost/kW,
b. need less land area
c. requires less operating labor
d. have better efficiency
e. system strength
2. Power plant capacity: neither small nor large number of units
3. Transmission facility
4. Reserve requirements
5. Status of technology
6. For hydro stations unit size depends on nature of flow, availability of head and water to
generate maximum power possible.

Type of Load
Domestic Load
Industrial Load
Commercial Load
Municipal Load
Traction Load
Irrigation Load

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Important Terms

Demand Factor

= Maximum Demand / Connected Load

Connected Load: sum of continuous ratings of all outlets in a distribution circuit


Maximum Demand: maximum power that the distribution circuit is likely to draw at any time

Group Diversity Factor

= Sum of individual maximum demands / Maximum demand of the group

GDF is always greater than unity

Peak Diversity Factor

=sum of maximum demand of a consumer group / demand of the consumer group at the time of
maximum demand

Load Factor

=Average Load / Peak Load

Capacity Factor

= Average Demand / Installed Capacity

Utilization Factor

= Maximum Load / Rated Plant Capacity

Load Curve:

It is the curve between load (MW) versus time.

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Load Duration Curve:

It is the rearrangement of all the load elements of a load curve in a descending order plotted as a
function of time.

Energy Load Curve:

It plots the cumulative integration of area under the load curve.

Mass Curve

It gives the total energy used by the load up to each hour of the day.

Figure 96: Load Curve

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Figure 97: Load Duration Curve

Figure 98: Domestic Load (DF=0.5)

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Figure 99: Industrial Load (DF=0.8)

Figure 100: Commercial Load

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Operating Reserves

How much generating capacity should be committed and how much should be left for future
expansion?

In electricity networks, the operating reserve is the generating capacity available to system
operator within a short interval of time to meet the changing demand or in case a generator is
out of service.

Table 9: Operating Reserves


Spinning Reserve

Non-spinning Reserve

(Hot Reserves)

(Cold Reserves)

It is the extra generating capacity that is It is the reserve which can be brought ONLINE
available by increasing the power output of the after a short delay. It also includes imported
generator that are already connected to power power.
system.
In other words, it is the unloaded generation In other words, cold reserve is the reserve
i.e. synchronized and ready to serve the generating capacity that is available for service
additional demand.

but not in operation.

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Tariffs

Objectives

Capital recovery

Operational cost of distribution utility

Cost of metering, billing and collection

Simple and comprehensible to general public

Uniform for a large population

Should provide incentives for using power in off-peak hours

Should have a provision of penalty for low power factor.

General Tariff Form

A = c*x + d*y + f
Where
A= total amount of bill for a certain period
x=maximum demand during a period (kW or kVA)
y= total energy consumed during the period in kWh
c=unit charge for maximum demand (Rs/kWh or Rs/kVA)
d=unit cost of energy (Rs/kWh)
f= constant charge

Flat Demand Rate


A = c*x

Straight Meter Rate


A = d*y

Block Meter Rate

A=d1*y1 +d2*y2 +

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Spot Pricing

It is the half hour price of whole sale electricity market.

The spot price is published by the pricing manager for each point of connection on the
national grid.

The electricity market uses spot electricity prices for each trading period to schedule
available generation so that the lowest cost generation is dispatched first.

Availability based Tariff

It is a frequency based pricing mechanism for electric power. The ABT falls under electricity
market mechanisms to charge and regulate power to achieve short term and long term network
stability as well as incentives and disincentives to grid participants against interruption in
committed supplies.

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National Grid
Table 10: Grids in India

From 2006, all the northern grids connected to form central grid

Since 2013, the southern and central grid unified, but not fully.

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References
[1] http://www.cea.nic.in/installed_capacity.html
[2] Generation of Electrical Energy by B. R. Gupta, S. Chand Publications
[3] Elements of Electrical Power Station Design by M.V. Deshpande, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
[4] A Course in Electrical Power by J. B. Gupta, Katson Publishers
[5] Power Plant Engineering by P. K. Nag, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Limited
[6] Power Plant Engineering by R. K. Rajput, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd
[7] IEEE Guide for Transformers directly connected to Generators, IEEE Std C57.116-2014
(Revision of IEEE Std C57.116-1989)

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